Hi, there. i am a huge fan of glass raher than plastic; even the good Tupperware items get the mysterious white stuff on the surfaces. i have accumulated empty 13 oz. Bonne Maman jam and jelly jars, as we use those delicious preserves a lot. They are clear, clean, a convenient size and shape, and perfect for a…

Booooooooo don’t yuck someone else’s yum dude

Smartphone: Include people in the picture (people you know). Don’t try to be Ansel Adams with a point&shoot.

One prime lens, “zoom with your feet”.

Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Absolutely fantastic on top of a burger.

I just approach being a landlord the same why I do life - be respectful of everyone and treat them fairly until they give you a reason not to. To my tenants, the houses they are renting from me are their homes and I want them to feel like it’s THEIR home so they treat it well and want to stay for a long time. I…

The class warfare is strong on this site. Landlord/tenant articles really seem to hit a nerve with a lot of people here and I haven’t really decided if it’s because there really are that many “redistribution of wealth”/”power to the people” socialists in the commentariat or because there really are that many “stick it…

...and you’ll get the same treatment in return. Excellent advice, truly.

Do you expect landlords to rent out their property at a loss? 

Same! My mother never/doesn’t wear makeup so I never learned. I feel like when I try putting on makeup, I look like a clown, so I just don’t wear any. 

Seems like a missed opportunity to do a story about the rat population of New York and not put it on Splinter.

“Instead of comping me for something I did order...I was given something I didn’t ask for at all” ^^^This^^^ Comp that bottle of wine or don’t even bother, you can ask if I’d like something extra for free (including a digestif or a dessert), but don’t just throw your cast-off crud at me and expect me to be grateful…

BLACK MANHATTAN

Love this anchovy suggestion.

A co-worker had an all-in-one roll of portable reusable silverware, complete with chopsticks.  I think she got it on Amazon for seven bucks or something, and pretty much everyone in our office wanted one on sight.

First step: cut a hole in a box.

A can of Hatch green chiles. I’ll add them to damn near anything.

So this then is the Sip of Theseus.

The line I remember best from A Separate Peace is

A Separate Piece has an immensely powerful effect on me as well when I first read it as 13 year old, and I struggle to quantify just why even still. I guess it’s just that up until then every book I had read the protagonist was a clearly identifiable hero, until this one. But more than that, it caused me to question…